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Dive into the fascinating world of cell division, exploring the mechanisms behind asexual and sexual reproduction, the importance of chromosomes, the cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis, genetic diversity, and more. Learn about the critical regulation of cell growth, the formation of sex cells, and the implications of cancer progression.
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Replacement of skin cells Deadcells Epidermis, the outer layer of the skin Dividingcells Dermis Figure 8.11B
Plasmamembrane • Asexual reproduction of a prokaryotic cell Cell wall Division intotwo cells Figure 8.3A
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genome • Sum of genetic information • Made of autosomes and sex chromosomes • Chromosomes occur in homologous pairs in sexually reproducing organisms • Chromosome number of an organism can be DIploid or HAPloid
Interphase • G1 • S • G2 • G0
End results of Mitosis • 1 cell has become 2 • New cells made • Genetic information has stayed the same • Number of chromosomes has stayed the same in each new cell
Regulation of Mitosis/growth • Cell checkpoints and feedback mechanisms • Growth hormones • Density dependence
Growth factors tell the cell to divide Growth factor Plasma membrane Relayproteins Receptor protein Signal transduction pathway Figure 8.8B
This is called density-dependent inhibition • Cells continue dividing until they touch one another Cells anchor to dish surface and divide. When cells have formed a complete single layer, they stop dividing (density-dependent inhibition). If some cells are scraped away, the remaining cells divide to fill the dish with a single layer and then stop (density-dependent inhibition). Figure 8.8A
Cancer • Cells Behaving Badly • unlimited division, no apoptosis • Feedback signals not working • Benign vs. malignant • Metastasize • tumor
Malignant tumors can invade other tissues and may kill the organism Lymphvessels Tumor Glandulartissue Metastasis 1 A tumor grows from a single cancer cell. 2 Cancer cells invade neighboring tissue. 3 Cancer cells spread through lymph and blood vessels to other parts of the body. Figure 8.10
Formation of Sex Cells • Must have haploid number of chromosomes in gametes • Reduction/Division • Must reduce the diploid number by 1/2 • This is Meiosis
Stages … • One Interphase and chromosome doubling • Meiosis I and Meiosis II • 2 cytokinesis • End result – 4 gametes with ½ chromosome number
Diploid to haploid • At the end of Meiosis I, 2 cells with ½ the chromosome # (one of each homologous pair) • Those chromosomes are still made of pairs of chromatids which still need to be pulled apart
Meiosis II • Simply, mitosis again
Genetic Diversity • Crossing over • Random line-up on metaphase plate • Independent assortment • Union of individual gametes to form zygote
Haploid gametes (n = 23) Egg cell • The human life cycle Sperm cell MEIOSIS FERTILIZATION Diploidzygote (2n = 46) Multicellulardiploid adults (2n = 46) Mitosis anddevelopment Figure 8.13
Meiosis • Forms sperm • Spermatogenesis • Forms eggs • Oogenesis
Chromosome Errors • Deletion • Inversion • Translocation • Sticky cromosomes